Re: fan

Obviously! But the O/P is asking about the M/B connectors - not molex
connectors. I explained WHY the M/B connectors may not be working.

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"peter" <peterk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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But you can buy a wiring harness adaptor that lets the fan run off a
Molex connector from your PSU and still attach a lead to the fan header so
that it can read the fan speed.
peter

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"Richard Urban MVP" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Some fans draw too much current to be used on the 3 pin fan header. If
this is so you can burn out the traces that supply the fan terminals.

I have some fans that draw way too much current but were supplied with
the 3 pin connector anyway. If I used it I would be asking for trouble,
as the designed current draw of the fan is well over three times the spec
that the M/B manufacturer gives as "allowed maximum current" of connected
fans.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Anthony J DiVeronica" <adiveron@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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could anyone tell me why a fan terminals on a mother board would stop
working. checked the fan its ok but two different fan terminals have
ceased to work Thank you.








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